The first thing a kitchen designer on a tight timeframe should do is nail down the cabinetry. I mean, some fancy-pants unused kitchens out there may get away with a chopping block and a $7,000 fridge, but no kitchen I design – even a faux one – is going to be so obviously useless.
Well-meaning but caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place cabinetry showrooms: 2
bossy color: 1/2 + 1/2.
Poliform couldn’t agree to provide the cabinets; they’re all manufactured in Italy and have a gazillion-week lead time. Fair enough. The showroom guys are sweethearts and said I could borrow anything from the floor I needed: tables, chairs, etc. I’ll take them up on that.
Snaidero is moving its showroom to Georgetown, and every kitchen on its Design Center showroom floor has been sold. Bummer. Huge, huge bummer. Especially since Robert, their rep., was so helpful and would have been fun to work with.
The rep. from Clive Christian was extremely nice and agreed to ask the head honcha about borrowing some cabinetry stored off-site. Understanding that I’m after a streamlined look, she took careful notes about what might and might not work for me. I’ll stay in touch w/ her.
Tomorrow I’m trucking it out to Virginia to meet w/ Courthouse Kitchens and Baths. They work with Wood-Mode products, and since Wood-Mode’s Design Center showroom looks like a war zone, they might be able to help. We’ll see what happens.
It’s hard to develop a concept about “Urban Elegance” when visitors to your faux kitchen are going to be eating faux Chinese food off of paper plates with their fingers.
Pictures from top to bottom are from Wood-Mode, Poliform-DC, Clive Christian, Wood-Mode again, and the blog FamilLee Life.